Palin's bounce - and Ferraro's

This comes into the category of "news we could have used some time ago" but fascinating nonetheless. Wasn't the decision to execute the Rosenbergs bestial and unforgiveable by dint of the simple fact that they had two pre-teen children? To cause such suffering to innocent youngsters just seems, well, worthy of the behaviour of America's enemies at the time (and current enemies as well).

I am in the UK for a brief visit to launch one of the BBC's contributions to the tsunami of America-related coverage planned for the next few months. This will be the best. (I can say that since I have nothing to do with the series itself!)

Britons' view of the US has been further complicated by Russell Brand's troubles (he called the President a retard) leading to much analysis of Why We Are So Different - of which this was the best.

I haven't yet seen the whole of Sarah Palin's interview but it is the start of the process by which she comes to earth.

Everyone in the UK is worried President Palin will declare war on Russia mistaking it for an errant dinosaur, though I think this piece is reasonable in pointing out that she was hardly declaring the Russia war, just playing tough.

But it gets tougher for her from here, far tougher. Geraldine Ferraro's bounce lasted two months.

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